Week 1
A feeling or emotion that ranges from mild irritation to intense fury and rage.
What is anger?
Warning signs that you have become angry and that your anger is continuing to escalate.
What are cues to anger?
A technique that focuses on your breathing, taking deep breaths, and releasing tension from certain body parts.
What is deep muscle relaxation?
A technique that will calm your nervous system when in a stressful situation.
What is 4-7-8 breathing?
Often feels the need to be in control, doesn't take no for an answer, uses hurt and/or anger to manipulate others.
What is an aggressive anger style?
A way to monitor your anger level on a scale of 1 to 10.
What is an anger meter?
Four types of anger cues.
What are physical, emotional, behavioral and cognitive cues?
Leaving the situation that is causing the escalation of anger or putting a stop to the discussion that is provoking it.
What is taking a time out?
Perfectionism, lack of time perspective, zero state, fear, refusal to be dependent, failure to put oneself in another's position.
What are cognitive thinking errors?
Wants to avoid conflict and confrontation, does not express their needs, has a difficult time saying no without feeling guilty, tries hard to avoid hurting others because it leads to feelings of guilt.
What is a passive anger style?
Provides instant gratification or relief, but have long-term negative consequences.
What are unhealthy coping skills?
Expecting things to go differently, feeling criticized or judged, things that remind us of stuff from the past, violation of personal space.
What are events associated with anger?
Self-help groups, professional help, spiritual or religious affiliations, personal relationships, coworkers
What is social support?
A meditation technique that uses a word or phrase to prevent your mind from wandering during.
What is a mantra?
Hides their feelings behind a mask of confusion, innocence, procrastination, and laziness, silent treatment, withdraw their love and affection, say "nothing" when body launguage shows something is wrong.
What is a passive aggressive anger style?
May not always provide instant gratification but lead to long lasting positive consequences.
What are healthy coping skills?
Startled, shocked, annoyed, anxious, fearful, embarrassed, mad, upset, furious, enraged.
What are feelings associated with anger?
A set of strategies to be used during specific anger related events.
What is an anger control plan?
A cognitive way to stop your current pattern of anger before it leads to an escalation of anger.
What is thought stopping?
State their needs in a direct, open and honest way, do not wait for others to read their mind, they consider other people's needs and feelings, they respect themselves and expect others to treat them with respect, they feel responsible for their own life/choices.
What is an assertive communication style?
The way you express anger cannot be changed, anger automatically leads to aggression, you must be aggressive to get what you want, venting anger is always desirable.
What are anger myths?
A tool to identify the anger event, associated cues, positive/negative outcomes, and the strategies you used to manage your anger in response to the event.
What is the anger awareness record?
An event where anger leads to aggression that includes a buildup, explosion, and aftermath.
What is the aggression cycle?
Activating event, belief system, consequences, and disputing actions/thoughts.
What is the A-B-C-D model?
Identifying the problem.
Identify the feelings.
Identify the impact.
Resolve or let it go?
Address and resolve conflict.
What is the Conflict Resolution Model?